Water balance of lakes opening up from the ice in the Larsemann Hills
https://doi.org/10.30758/0555-2648-2025-71-4-469-488
Abstract
The water balance method has not been widely used in the study of Antarctic oasis lakes, therefore the structure of their water balance is not determined to date. The paper is aimed at the quantitative estimation of water balance elements and identifying the features of the water balance structure for lakes with different types of level regime, using as an exampe 9 lakes of the Larsemann Hills. The raw data include field work materials of the Russian Antarctic Expedition, meteorological data from the Progress station and satellite images Landsat 8-9. The water balance calculations were carried out for December-January 2019/20 and 2021/22. The study quantitatively confirmed the predominance of meltwater inflow in the feeding of open and closed lakes, while in the incoming balance part of flowage lakes from 40 % to 70 % is occupied by channel inflow. Channel outflow predominates (more than 95 %) in the outcoming balance part of most open and flowage lakes, whereas for closed lakes evaporation from the water surface predominates. It has been established that changes in the water balance structure are caused by those in the flowage types of water bodies, which also lead to a change in the types/subtypes of the water level regime. Based on the identified quantitative relationships of water balance elements, seasonally ice-covered lakes were classified into two categories: evaporating-inflowing and runoff-inflowing lakes (according to the classification by B.B. Bogoslovskiy). The identified features of the water balance structure can be useful for the analysis of observed water level data or for hydrological calculations.
Supporting agencies: The field work was carried out with funding from the subsidy for the financial support of the state assignment to conduct the work on the 65th and 67th Russian Antarctic Expedition.
About the Authors
M. R. Kuznetsova
State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
St. Petersburg
G. V. Pryakhina
Galina V. Pryakhina
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
St. Petersburg
E. S. Zelepukina
Bonch-Bruevich Saint Petersburg State University of Telecommunications
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
St. Petersburg
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Kuznetsova M.R., Pryakhina G.V., Zelepukina E.S. Water balance of lakes opening up from the ice in the Larsemann Hills. Arctic and Antarctic Research. 2025;71(4):469-488. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30758/0555-2648-2025-71-4-469-488
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